comment

com·ment
/ ˈkämˌent/
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n.
a remark expressing an opinion or reaction.
∎
discussion, esp. of a critical nature, of an issue or event:
the plans were sent to the council for comment. ∎
an indirect expression of the views of the creator of an artistic work:
their second single is a comment on commercialism. ∎
an explanatory note in a book or other written text.
∎ archaic
a written explanation or commentary.
∎ Comput.
a piece of specially tagged text placed within a program to help other users to understand it, which the computer ignores when running the program.
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v. [tr.]
express (an opinion or reaction):
the review commented that the book was agreeably written |
[intr.]
the company would not comment on the venture. ∎ Comput.
place a piece of specially tagged explanatory text within (a program) to assist other users.
∎ Comput.
turn (part of a program) into a comment so that the computer ignores it when running the program.
PHRASES:no comment
used in refusing to answer a question, esp. in a sensitive situation.DERIVATIVES:com·ment·er
n.ORIGIN:late Middle English (in the senses ‘expository treatise’ and ‘explanatory note’): from Latin commentum ‘contrivance’ (in late Latin also ‘interpretation’), neuter past participle of comminisci ‘devise.’

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comment

comment Part of a program text included for the benefit of the reader and ignored by the compiler. Each language has its own syntax for comments, usually a form of bracketing, e.g. {.....} in Pascal,/*.....*/ in C.

Some languages, including Ada, prefer “end-of-line” comments, which are introduced by a characteristic symbol and are automatically terminated at the end of a line. Older languages such as Basic and Fortran restrict comments to be whole lines and do not allow them to be appended to a line of code.

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